Annex 4 - Denmark, Norway, Finland and Sweden

(Information provided by Karl-Lennart Bang)

A survey of ITS education and training activities in the Nordic countries (Sweden, Denmark, Norway and Finland) has been carried out by the KTH (Royal Institute of Technology), Department of Traffic and Logistics.

The majority of courses currently offered in the universities of the above mentioned countries are not specific to ITS, they are taught within general traffic transport and logistic engineering courses and touch on certain aspects of ITS.

In Denmark, Norway and Finland there are at present no specific curricula on intelligent transport systems. ITS is usually dealt with in the context of different Traffic Engineering courses such as Traffic Planning, Public Transport, Transport and the Environment, Transport Economics and Logistics, Road Safety, Simulation, Traffic System Analysis, Geographic Information Systems, Logistic and Transportation, Transportation Management, Information Systems for Management of Transportation.

Universities which offer specific curricula on transport telematics are listed below.

DENMARK

Department of Mathematical Sciences, University of Aarhus

Course on traffic models: covering the large complex of models used to analyse traffic flows, traffic generation, choice of transport mode and routes. These models are frequently used in practical planning, but have also been the subject of much theoretical interest. The main types of model are examined from a theoretical as well as an applied point of view. In the so-called sequential traffic model emphasis is placed on the sub-models for trip generation, trip distribution, modal split and network assignment. Direct demand models (simultaneous models) and discrete choice models are also studied.

NORWAY

Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Department of Transportation

Engineering (Norges teknisk-naturvitenskapelige universitet, NTNU, Institutt for samferdselsteknikk).

This department of offers a course in transport informatics (ITS) as part of Transportation Planning and Engineering, and Transport Economics.

FINLAND

Helsinki University of Technology. Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
(www.hut.fi/Units/Civil/index.html) with courses in:

Transportation Engineering
Traffic flow and simulation
Traffic control and transport telematics
Travel demand models and forecasts.
www.hut.fi/Yksikot/Liikenne/Opinnot/telesivu.html (In Finnish only)

Helsinki University of Technology, HUT, Laboratory of Transportation Engineering
Courses on traffic flow theory and characteristics, traffic management, simulation of traffic flow, traffic models and forecasts, transport economics, logistics and freight transport.

The main research areas of the laboratory are:

• simulation of traffic control and traffic flow with the HUTSIM simulation system
• fuzzy methods in transportation
• traffic flow characteristics on different road types
• travel demand models and forecasts
• stated preference methods
• telematics in transportation

Tampere University of Technology
www.tut.fi/liku/liku_eng.html
Transportation Engineering (giving ECTS credits)
Courses of Traffic and Transportation Engineering and Logistics

• 5601010 Introduction to Transportation Engineering 3.0 credits
• 5602210 Transport models and research methods 4.5 credits
• 56221 Transportation Systems Planning 4.5 credits
• 56401 Public Transport Systems 4.5 credits
• 56402 Transport Economics 4.5 credits
• 56411 Environmental Impacts of Transportation 4.5 credits
• 56501 Introductory Course of Logistics 4.5 credits
• 56502 Road, Railway, Waterway and Air Transport 6.0 credits
• 56503 Transport Policy 3.0 credits
• 56504 Advanced Course of Logistics 4.5 credits
• 56551 Planning Works in Logistics 4.5 credits
• 56571 Special Research Work in Transportation and Logistics 4.5 credits
• 56581 Seminar in Transportation and Logistics 4.5 credits

SWEDEN

The following universities in Sweden offer courses in ITS within different programmes.

Chalmers University of Technology, International Master Programs

a) Management of Logistics and Transportation
Modelling and Simulation
This course introduces system analysis, modelling, computer simulation as a tool for the analysis, planning and management of industrial production and business processes.
b) Management of Transportation
The department offers the following course;
Information Systems for Management of Transportation
Efficient use of infrastructure and transport systems requires extensive information systems. The course deals with EDI, automatic data acquisition, satellite navigation and computerized management systems.

Linköpings University

Engineering degree (M.Sc.) in systems for communications and transport. The aim of this course is provide basic training in technologies for the design of navigation systems, GIS and positioning systems. In a project task each student designs a system for a specific application and evaluates it from all aspects including reliability, safety and economy.

The programme includes the following courses:

• Traffic informatics
• Basic theory. Behavioural science - perception. Adaptation caused by information. Traffic models, simulation
• Transport telematics
• Transport telematics
• Measurement of Vehicle Dynamics and Road User Behaviour
• Navigation and GIS

KTH (Royal Institute of Technology), Dept. of Infrastructure

a) Division of Transportation and Logistics

Engineering degree education programs in Traffic & transport, regional planning, road technology, traffic simulation, city centre management and renewal.

ITS aspects are included in the following courses (graduate level):

• Analysis and Design of Road Traffic Facilities (Traffic flow theory, Driver behaviour, Design Criteria)
• Traffic in towns (traffic management and restraint, traffic control, ITS)
• Determination and Evaluation of Traffic System Impacts (traffic performance, safety, emissions)

Post-graduate courses for doctoral students:

• Driver behaviour and traffic modelling
• Traffic simulation

b) Division of Transport and Location Analysis

Optimisation models in transportation and location analysis
The course shows how optimisation models are used in theory and practice for analysis of behaviour, markets and welfare maximisation within settlement and transport systems.

Traffic forecasting
The course gives a basic understanding of traffic demand models for forecasting travel behaviour related to investments in infrastructure.

c) Division of Geodesy & Photogrammetry Geodesy, geoinformatics, image physics, photographic science and photogrammetry

d) Centre for research and education in operation and maintenance of infrastructure, CDU
Operation and maintenance of the infrastructure

e) Centre for traffic simulation
Cooperative research centre university - government - private industry foucusing on development, testing and application of software for road traffic management and control.